Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics rated at or soon after discharge for participants in the cohort study whole sample (N = 403–428) as compared to the sub-set included in the longitudinal analysis (N = 152).

Variables	Cohort study whole sample (N = 428)		Sub-set for longitudinal analysis (N = 152)
	Mean	(SD)	Mean	(SD)
Age (years)	49.1	(15.3)	50.1	(14.1)
NIS motor score	8.1	(5.1)	8.1	(5.2)
NIS cognitive score	4.5	(3.1)	4.3	(3.2)
NIS total	12.8	(6.4)	12.8	(6.4)
NPDS total*	12.7	(13.9)	12.7	(13.3)
NPCS-Needs	17.7	(7.8)	17.2	(7.8)
Gender	N	(%)	N	(%)
Male	270	(63%)	96	(63%)
Female	158	(37%)	56	(37%)
Diagnosis
CVA/stroke	212	(50%)	79	(52%)
Traumatic brain injury	63	(15%)	18	(12%)
Other acquired brain injury	40	(9%)	13	(9%)
Spinal cord injury	38	(9%)	11	(7%)
Peripheral neuropathy	26	(6%)	8	(5%)
Progressive LTNC	21	(5%)	7	(5%)
Other	27	(6%)	16	(10%)
Missing	1	(0.2)
Discharge destination
Home	339	(79%)	125	(82%)
Nursing home	52	(12%)	13	(9%)
Residential rehabilitation	15	(4%)	7	(5%)
Hospital for other reasons	4	(1%)	2	(1%)
Other	18	(4%)	3	(2%)
Referral to services
Not referred for rehabilitation	40	(10%)	15	(10%)
Referred for on-going rehabilitation#	378	(90%)	137	(90%)
Type of on-going rehabilitation
Community rehabilitation team	297	(69%)	108	(71%)
Other in-patient rehabilitation	25	(6%)	10	(7%)
Out-patient or home therapy services	46	(11%)	21	(14%)
Vocational rehabilitation	31	(7%)	8	(5%)
Other rehabilitation	56	(13%)	20	(13%)

NIS  =  Neurological Impairment Scale, NPDS  =  Northwick Park Dependency Scale NPCS  =  Needs and Provision Complexity Scale.

* Completed soon after discharge by N = 256 across the whole sample and N = 135 across the sub-set for longitudinal analysis.

^# Some patients received more than one service.